Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Papua, Indonesia in 2001: detection of human worm carriers

J Helminthol. 2003 Mar;77(1):39-42. doi: 10.1079/JOH2002146.

Abstract

A preliminary study to detect human worm carriers of Taenia solium in Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia was carried out using stool examinations for the detection of copro-antigens and adult proglottids after chemotherapy, and confirmation by mitochondrial DNA analysis using expelled proglottids and metacestodes developed in NOD/Shi-scid mice from eggs of expelled proglottids. Approximately 8.6% of the local population in Kama (5/58), 1 km from the local capital city centre, Wamena, were confirmed to harbour adult T. solium using these techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Helminth / blood
  • Carrier State
  • Cysticercosis / diagnosis
  • Cysticercosis / epidemiology
  • Cysticercosis / immunology
  • Cysticercus* / immunology
  • DNA, Helminth / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / immunology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred NOD
  • Middle Aged
  • Papua New Guinea / epidemiology
  • Parasitology / methods
  • Prevalence
  • Taenia solium* / genetics
  • Taenia solium* / immunology
  • Taeniasis / diagnosis
  • Taeniasis / epidemiology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Helminth
  • DNA, Helminth